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Fight Circus is coming back to town. In an exclusive interview with The Body Lock, Full Metal Dojo CEO and frontman Jon Nutt announced that the promotion will be following up its recent Fight Circus Vol. 1 event this past August with Fight Circus Vol. 2, set to take place sometime in mid-November. Deemed the…
On July 21, eighth-ranked UFC bantamweight contender Yana Kunitskaya (13-5, 1 NC) landed in the United States ahead of her August 8 bout against fellow contender Ketlen Vieira (10-1), which was later scrapped due to the Brazilian’s withdrawal from the bout. Kunitskaya would go on to face UFC debutant and Invicta FC champion Julija Stoliarenko…
On July 15, Boston Salmon joined host Michael Fiedel on Fighting Words to discuss the fallout from the devastating illegal knee that ended his fight with Shawn West at LFA 84. Salmon confirmed that – after weeks of appointment delays and reschedulings in part due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic – that his “orbital bone…
“In order for me to get back into the UFC, I need a win. I need to get my mojo back. I need to see who I am again after those two losses in the UFC. It built a fire in me, getting released from the UFC; knowing what I could have done, and knowing…
Worldwide, the coronavirus has paused major sports, with one notable exception: The Ultimate Fighting Championship. While nearly every other prominent sports organizations prematurely ended or suspended their seasons, the UFC pressed on, hosting events despite the health risks to athletes, their employees, and the public. Perplexed, MMA fans and critics alike wondered why cage fights…
The Professional Fighters League (PFL) announced Wednesday that longtime MMA media executive Loren Mack will step in as the promotion’s Vice President of Corporate Communications. Mack has previously worked for the UFC, where he helped shape the promotion’s early public relations strategy; and Singapore-based league ONE Championship, where he contributed to ONE’s growing media presence…
“Do it for your daughter,” urged Duke Roufus, trying to rouse Paul Felder before round four of his bout with Dan Hooker in February. With one eye swelling shut and blood trickling from a cut on his hairline, Felder reapplied his mouthpiece – which displayed a photograph of his daughter Aisling’s blanket – and got…
The United States government recently announced the exception of foreign athletes in cases of travel restrictions brought about by COVID-19, effectively allowing foreign athletes to enter the U.S. and compete for resuming sporting leagues despite existing barriers to the country. Due to concerns over the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, a large majority…
However young the sport may be, MMA has a budding problem with its own history. In North America, where “UFC” is still synonymous with MMA for the vast majority of the population, the historical narrative surrounding the birth, growth, and worldwide expansion of no holds barred fighting has been molded almost exclusively by the UFC….
According to reporting from Russian media outlet RT, the recent ailments afflicting Adbulmanap Nurmagomedov, the father of UFC lightweight champion Khabib, were the result of complications stemming from COVID-19. News of health issues plaguing Nurmagomedov, 57, first surfaced out of Russia on April 25, when a longtime friend of Nurmagomedov’s, broadcaster Ramazan Rabanov, posted that…
